General Skills Statistics

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£52,500	-4.54%	20,062 22.36%	5,343
Finance	4	Down -2 places-2	£67,500	-6.23%	11,664 13.00%	4,007
Inclusion and Diversity	13	Up 10 places+10	£55,000	-	6,661 7.43%	1,069
Banking	19	Up 17 places+17	£90,000	+9.09%	5,811 6.48%	751
Analytical Skills	28	Down -19 places-19	£53,171	-3.32%	4,801 5.35%	1,995
Marketing	41	Down -6 places-6	£45,000	-18.18%	3,885 4.33%	1,807
Public Sector	57	Up 38 places+38	£60,000	-	2,927 3.26%	909
Manufacturing	60	Down -40 places-40	£45,000	-14.23%	2,728 3.04%	928
Retail	62	Down -7 places-7	£54,633	+2.11%	2,658 2.96%	1,079
Law	75	Down -33 places-33	£60,000	+9.09%	2,215 2.47%	539
Legal	82	Down -23 places-23	£67,500	+17.39%	1,962 2.19%	734
Organisational Skills	103	Up 4 places+4	£38,500	-9.41%	1,616 1.80%	661
Telecoms	110	Up 22 places+22	£42,500	-5.55%	1,552 1.73%	505
Electronics	171	Down -85 places-85	£52,500	-11.61%	1,104 1.23%	418
Games	211	Down -13 places-13	£45,000	-18.18%	886 0.99%	307
Influencing Skills	222	Up 6 places+6	£76,000	+20.15%	812 0.91%	333
Automotive	223	Up 112 places+112	£48,000	-8.57%	804 0.90%	350
Aerospace	227	Up 102 places+102	£55,000	+0.37%	793 0.88%	375
Presentation Skills	230	Down -140 places-140	£58,500	+0.86%	781 0.87%	446
Advertising	274	Down -66 places-66	£45,000	-21.05%	611 0.68%	295
Pharmaceutical	282	Up 55 places+55	£60,000	+9.09%	588 0.66%	131
Local Government	312	Down -2 places-2	£50,000	-	513 0.57%	197
Multimedia	326	Up 258 places+258	£30,500	-12.23%	480 0.54%	299
Financial Institution	350	Down -165 places-165	£85,000	-0.93%	433 0.48%	160
Documentation Skills	356	Up 77 places+77	£55,000	+2.80%	422 0.47%	146
Back Office	362	Up 101 places+101	£59,500	-15.00%	411 0.46%	99
Front Office	392	Down -240 places-240	£100,000	-11.11%	359 0.40%	94
Billing	393	Up 103 places+103	£38,000	-33.03%	356 0.40%	188
Military	404	Up 25 places+25	£43,499	-26.06%	343 0.38%	189
French Language	414	Down -158 places-158	£45,000	-30.76%	327 0.36%	83
Aviation	434	Up 77 places+77	£65,000	+13.04%	299 0.33%	115
German Language	444	Down -193 places-193	£40,000	-44.82%	283 0.32%	114
Health Technology	502	No change0	£60,000	-14.28%	209 0.23%	75
Tech for Good	510	Down -31 places-31	£70,000	+7.69%	201 0.22%	22
Publishing	541	Down -94 places-94	£60,000	-6.25%	168 0.19%	73
Investment Banking	546	Down -164 places-164	£90,500	-19.55%	163 0.18%	74
Police	573	Down -138 places-138	£55,000	+5.07%	136 0.15%	34
Spanish Language	594	Up 9 places+9	£46,000	-12.38%	115 0.13%	53
Social Housing	603	Down -38 places-38	£55,000	-6.38%	106 0.12%	49
Agriculture	611	Down -19 places-19	£43,500	-15.12%	98 0.11%	37
Digital Healthcare	632	Up 3 places+3	£60,000	-7.69%	77 0.086%	12
Retail Banking	634	Down -108 places-108	£85,000	+1.70%	75 0.084%	15
Dutch Language	634	Down -29 places-29	£35,000	-	75 0.084%	29
Brand Awareness	635	Down -38 places-38	£55,000	+37.50%	74 0.083%	44
Aeronautics	637	Down -30 places-30	£65,000	+29.85%	72 0.080%	9
Digital Health	637	Down -9 places-9	£70,000	+27.27%	72 0.080%	50
Italian Language	638	Down -13 places-13	£54,000	-24.21%	71 0.079%	35
Fire and Rescue	639	Down -23 places-23	£55,000	+6.13%	70 0.078%	32
General Ledger	642	Down -63 places-63	£82,500	+14.59%	67 0.075%	32
Portuguese Language	643	Down -9 places-9	£55,100	+57.42%	66 0.074%	27